President Trump has played down the chances that on-going trade talks between the U.S. and China will be successful.
Beijing's Vice Premier Liu He is leading a Chinese delegation in Washington for talks on averting a potentially devastating trade war.
Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Trump said his skepticism stemmed from China being "spoilt."

"China has taken out hundreds of billions of dollars a year from the United States. And I explained to President Xi we can't do that anymore. We just can't do that anymore. It's a much different situation. But with all the years and all the years that you've covered trade and nations and wars and everything else, you've never seen a people come over from China to work on a trade deal. Now, will that be successful? I tend to doubt it. The reason I doubt it is because China has become very spoiled. The European Union has become very spoiled. Other countries have become very spoiled. Because they always got 100 percent of whatever they wanted from the United States."

Washington is demanding a 200-billion dollar cut in China’s U.S. trade surplus and greater protections for intellectual property.
China is demanding President Trump ease penalties imposed on Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE, as well as an end to restrictions on Chinese investments in the United States.
Trump was slated to meet with Liu later on Thursday.